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In this VMblog Q&A ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2025, Ari Weil, VP of Product Marketing at Akamai, delivers a compelling vision for the future of cloud-native technologies. Moving beyond the traditional centralized hyperscaler model, Akamai is pioneering a distributed cloud approach that promises to revolutionize how businesses deploy AI, manage Kubernetes workloads, and control cloud computing costs. With the launch of groundbreaking solutions like Akamai Cloud Inference and Accelerated Compute Instances, the company is challenging industry norms by offering infrastructure that's faster, more cost-efficient, and strategically positioned closer to users and data sources.

Discover the cutting-edge cloud native solutions showcased at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London.

This spotlight series features four innovative companies revolutionizing cloud infrastructure, security, and development:

• Akamai - Platinum CNCF Sponsor with Cloud Odyssey Hackathon 
• Aviatrix - Cloud Network Security for AI-Ready Enterprises 
• EnterpriseDB - Postgres and Kubernetes Innovation 
• Heroku - Simplified Developer Platforms and Cloud Native Experiences 

Who's solving the most critical challenges in cloud native technologies? Watch now and find out!

As KubeCon + CloudNativeCon prepares to take over London in 2025, Heroku's leadership is zeroing in on the transformative potential of AI and cloud-native technologies. In this interview with VMblog, Betty Junod, Heroku's CMO and strategic voice, reveals how the platform is addressing the critical challenges of modern software development: accelerating time-to-market, reducing operational complexity, and enabling teams to focus on delivering value through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Join David Marshall and Brian Ducharme from VMblog as they interview Gabriele Bartolini, VP, Chief Architect, Kubernetes at EnterpriseDB (EDB), ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London. In this insightful conversation, Gabriele shares how EDB is bridging the gap between PostgreSQL and Kubernetes with their innovative solutions.As a leading company in PostgreSQL development, EDB has been contributing to the open-source project for over 15 years, accounting for approximately 30% of the PostgreSQL codebase. Their focus has expanded to include EDB Postgres AI, an enterprise-ready platform supporting transactional, analytical, and AI workloads across hybrid environments.

Planning your visit to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London? Don't miss these innovative vendors who are solving critical challenges in the Kubernetes and cloud native ecosystem. From observability cost control to hybrid cloud management, this spotlight series highlights five companies showcasing solutions that address today's most pressing cloud native challenges.

In this video, we feature:

ControlTheory - Fixing broken observability with cost controls (Booth S732)
Mirantis - Simplifying Kubernetes complexity with k0rdent (Booth N331)
Nutanix - Delivering consistent Kubernetes across hybrid and multi-cloud environments (S210)
VictoriaMetrics - Open source observability solutions optimized for performance (N503)
Tintri - AI-powered storage solutions with Kubernetes support (Booth S341)Watch to learn how these vendors can help you optimize your cloud native infrastructure and applications.

Visit each booth at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 to learn more and pick up some exclusive swag!

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native technologies, PostgreSQL is emerging as the database of choice for modern workloads—including AI applications.Ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, VMblog spoke with Gabriele Bartolini, VP, Chief Architect, Kubernetes at EDB, about how their open-source CloudNativePG operator is reshaping how enterprises deploy and manage PostgreSQL in Kubernetes environments. Now recognized as a CNCF Sandbox project and the #1 PostgreSQL operator by GitHub stars, CloudNativePG represents a fundamental shift in database architecture—one that's built from the ground up for Kubernetes rather than simply containerizing legacy approaches. As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid cloud strategies and integrate AI workloads, Bartolini explains how EDB is positioning PostgreSQL as "the database of the AI era" while addressing the remaining barriers to enterprise Kubernetes adoption. 

In this VMblog video interview, Anirban Sengupta, Chief Technology Officer at Aviatrix, shares insights on the company's latest innovation-the Aviatrix Kubernetes Firewall-ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London. This timely release addresses critical security and scaling challenges faced by enterprises deploying Kubernetes at scale across multiple clouds and environments.

Watch VMblog's interview with Alex Freedland, Co-Founder and CEO of Mirantis, ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London.  Join hosts David Marshall and Brian Ducharme as they discuss how Mirantis is revolutionizing cloud infrastructure for the AI era.

In this insightful conversation, Freedland shares how Mirantis has evolved from "the OpenStack guys" to becoming a leader in container orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure over its 15-year history. He explains how Mirantis' newest open-source project, k0rdent, is helping organizations tackle the massive shift from AI training to inference workloads - a market he predicts will be 50 times larger than training.

Key topics covered:

• How Mirantis is addressing the challenges of traditional computing (doing more with less) and accelerated computing (AI infrastructure)
• The real-world success story of a sovereign AI cloud provider in Europe using Mirantis technology
• How k0rdent differentiates itself by orchestrating Kubernetes clusters with a focus on MLOps and composable infrastructure
• The rapid growth of the k0rdent ecosystem, with over 20 partners joining within one month of launch
• Mirantis' partnership with Gcore to deliver inferencing capabilities anywhere, regardless of location

Freedland emphasizes that 2025 marks the year when AI moves from infrastructure building to application development, turning every AI workload into an HPC (High-Performance Computing) workload. He argues that open source is the only way to drive innovation in infrastructure, especially for AI, by bringing together talent from around the world without creating friction or lock-in.

Visit Mirantis at their KubeCon booth to learn more about their lens product, K0 suite, and the k0rdent project.

For more information, check out https://www.mirantis.com/ or explore their open-source projects at https://k0rdent.io/ and the K0 product line.

In anticipation of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, VMblog sat down with Brock Mowry, CTO of Tintri, to discuss how the company's innovative VMstore platform is transforming Kubernetes data management. As a gold sponsor at this year's event, Tintri is showcasing its workload-aware data management solutions that bridge the gap between virtualized and containerized environments. With capabilities like autonomous management, ML-driven workload placement, and real-time analytics, Tintri aims to simplify operations while managing up to 40PB of data across thousands of applications. Attendees can visit Tintri at booth S341 to experience interactive demo sessions and learn how their technology addresses the growing complexity of hybrid cloud-native environments.

In this exclusive VMblog video interview ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025, David Marshall and Brian Ducharme speak with Aliaksandr Valialkin, Founder and CTO of VictoriaMetrics, about their innovative open source observability solutions.

Valialkin introduces VictoriaMetrics, a drop-in replacement for Prometheus that requires significantly fewer computing resources (CPU, memory, disk space) while delivering greater scalability. He then details VictoriaLogs, their newer logging solution that addresses user demands for a better alternative to existing open source options like Elasticsearch and Loki.Key highlights:

• How VictoriaLogs achieves up to 30x less memory usage and 10-15x less disk space compared to Elasticsearch
• The impressive 50:1 compression ratio (1TB of logs compressed to just 20GB)
• Zero-config setup with single binary deployment that automatically scales to available resources
• Superior query language optimized specifically for log analysis
• Easy Kubernetes integration via Helm charts and the VictoriaMetrics operator
• Recent benchmark results showing VictoriaLogs outperforming major databases including Elasticsearch, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL

During the interview, Solutions Engineer Mathias Palmersheim demonstrates VictoriaLogs' capabilities, showcasing its intuitive query interface, powerful extract pipes for structured data parsing, Grafana integration with custom plugins, recording rules, and their new anomaly detection capabilities powered by machine learning.

Valialkin also discusses industry trends for 2025, highlighting how AI is revolutionizing observability through improved incident resolution, anomaly detection, and enhanced documentation search capabilities.

The VictoriaMetrics team will be showcasing their full suite of products at KubeCon Europe 2025, including VictoriaMetrics Cloud (their database-as-a-service offering) and upcoming VictoriaLogs cloud integration.

To learn more about VictoriaMetrics and VictoriaLogs, visit their documentation and GitHub repository, or try their products firsthand to experience the simplicity and resource efficiency that sets them apart from competitors.